|
11-09-2015, 06:59 PM | #1 |
Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Wingdale, NY
Posts: 302
Likes: 27
Liked 54 Times in 16 Posts
|
tranny cooler
OK, possible dumn question since the last Stocker I built was a stick car, do I need to run a tranny cooler? I know in my buddies Comp car we don't and honestly never look for ones at the track Turbo 350
Will Lamprecht I/SA 65 Impala 396/325 in progress |
11-09-2015, 07:12 PM | #2 |
VIP Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,329
Likes: 547
Liked 1,656 Times in 507 Posts
|
Re: tranny cooler
No.
__________________
Mike Pearson 2485 SS |
11-09-2015, 09:59 PM | #3 |
Veteran Member
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Miles From Nowhere
Posts: 7,467
Likes: 2,638
Liked 4,551 Times in 1,728 Posts
|
Re: tranny cooler
Yes.
__________________
We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for..... Will Rogers |
11-09-2015, 11:10 PM | #4 |
Veteran Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Sand Springs, OK
Posts: 8,132
Likes: 896
Liked 389 Times in 168 Posts
|
Re: tranny cooler
My Pro Trans cooler line fittings are plugged, evidently bypassed internally. Ditto my Rossler. No cooler provisions on either. Evidently not needed.
__________________
Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA |
11-09-2015, 11:35 PM | #5 |
VIP Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Liberty City [East Texas]
Posts: 1,759
Likes: 5
Liked 99 Times in 60 Posts
|
Re: tranny cooler
Will,
This is personal opinion, I have no testing to back up my opinion. It simply seems reasonable to me that a trans cooler is a good thing. My thought is I am always look at being in the late rounds, in the final and if the last two or three runs come close together [which is to be expected] a cooler will be a very good thing. Consider this chain of events, with a cooler anytime the engine is running fluid is passing through it. So, late rounds, things are happening quickly, on the return road, pulling up in the lanes, moving into the water box, fluid is flowing through the cooler. That has to be some advantage over no cooling ability. I seems to me the fluid temp has potential to be more reasonable than without a cooler.
__________________
Larry Woodfin 471W |
11-10-2015, 09:02 AM | #6 |
VIP Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,329
Likes: 547
Liked 1,656 Times in 507 Posts
|
Re: tranny cooler
Add a deep finned aluminum pan . I do not know of any stock super stock guys running a cooler. The car is not running long enough for it to do much good. The fluid is only being cooled when the engine is running. Like Ed Wright said most race prepped transmissions are plugged and bypassed internally. Also one less spot for a leak.
__________________
Mike Pearson 2485 SS |
11-10-2015, 09:11 AM | #7 |
VIP Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Liberty City [East Texas]
Posts: 1,759
Likes: 5
Liked 99 Times in 60 Posts
|
Re: tranny cooler
Mike, you know of one ss racer running a cooler me
__________________
Larry Woodfin 471W |
11-10-2015, 10:36 AM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Bellevue Ohio
Posts: 985
Likes: 0
Liked 12 Times in 9 Posts
|
Re: tranny cooler
Ran my t-350 and proflite with no cooler for a few years, never had a temp gauge on it. This past year decided to race local as my grandson was starting in the junior ranks. So I put a cooler on and a temp gauge, after 1 run trans temp 160, after going a few rounds it would quickly run up to 195-200 would turn fan on that is attached to the cooler by the time I got back to the trailer it would be back to 170 or so. Since I never monitored it before I can't say the cooler helped, but I'd say it can't hurt. I called and asked about a cooler on each trans and was told it wasn't needed. My understanding is the smaller, looser convertors produce more heat, I run a 7 inch 8000 stall, your results may vary.
__________________
Joe Buchanan SS/BX 3117 |
11-10-2015, 10:50 AM | #9 |
VIP Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Punta Gorda Isles, Fl.
Posts: 1,587
Likes: 2,882
Liked 702 Times in 185 Posts
|
Re: tranny cooler
__________________
"Pistol" Pete Dutko |
11-10-2015, 11:49 AM | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: East China, MI
Posts: 504
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Re: tranny cooler
If you have an in-tank transmission oil cooler (TOC) in your radiator, I would use it because it will help put heat into the transmission faster than without one.
As far as needing a TOC Auxiliary Cooler, I personally think one isn't needed because the transmission will not make enough heat in one pass to require a cooler. But, you also want to be prepared if you have to make multiple passes which will produce enough heat to hurt the trans. We have used our in-tank radiator TOC for years with no problem.
__________________
Nelson Kowal Stock 345 |
|
|